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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition give dixie dean a posthumous knighthood
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william ralph "dixie" dean broke goalscoring records left right and centre for everton and england, his record of 60 league goals in a season still stands and will never be broken, lesser players than dixie have been awarded knighthoods and it is criminal the way the great man has not even been given an obe let alone a knighthood
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